The outgoing year turned out to be rich in various sporting events.. In 2022, in particular, the Winter Olympic Games, the postponed continental championship in basketball and the World Cup in Qatar, which was held in winter for the first time in history, took place..

TSN Prosport offers to remember what this year will leave in history.

2022 Olympic Games From February 4 to 20, Beijing hosted the 2022 Olympic Games.. At the XXIV Winter Olympics, competitions were held in 15 disciplines in seven sports. A total of 109 sets of medals were played.

The Norwegian team won the team medal standings at the 2022 Olympics with 37 medals.

Germany with 27 medals, including 12 gold, took second place in the team standings at the end of the 2020 Olympics. Third place went to the hosts of the Olympic Games - athletes from China won 15 medals.

The most titled athlete of the 2022 Olympics was the Norwegian biathlete Johannes Boe, who has five medals - four gold and one bronze..

Among women, the best was a biathlete from Norway, Marte Olsbu-Roiseland, who, like her compatriot Boe, took five awards from Beijing, but won a little less gold - she has three first and two thirds.

Sanctions against Russia and Belarus On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Because of this, the athletes of the aggressor country suffered, because sport is not out of politics.

In the early days of the invasion, the IOC and other international sports organizations began imposing sanctions against Russia.. The restrictions applied not only to holding competitions on the territory of the country, athletes were also banned..

Throughout 2022, the issue of the validity of international sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus was repeatedly raised. And although the IOC made it clear in the last decision that they are looking for options for the athletes of these countries, with a few exceptions, Russia and its athletes remain outside big sport at the international level..

Paralympic Games 2022 The 2022 Paralympics was the first major tournament at which international sports sanctions against Russia and Belarus began to operate - paraathletes from these countries were not allowed even under a neutral flag, and this decision was made literally before the tournament.

China topped the medal table with 61 medals (18-20-23).

The second place was sensationally won by the Ukrainian team. Our paraathletes finished the competition in the capital of the Celestial Empire with 29 medals: 11 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze. For the Ukrainian team, this is the best result in the history of the Winter Paralympic Games.. Never before have our paraathletes completed competitions in the top 2 medal standings. Before that, the record was third place at the 2006 Games.. Then the Ukrainians finished in the top 5 of the medal standings three times in a row..

Closed the top 3 medal count Canada - 25 medals (8-6-11).

EuroBasket 2022 The European Basketball Championship was supposed to be held from 2 to 29 September 2021, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was postponed a year ahead.

In the EuroBasket final, held in Berlin, Germany, the Spanish team defeated the national team of France. The fight ended with a score of 88:76.

The Spaniards have become European champions for the fourth time in history.. They won all four titles with Sergio Scariolo as head coach.. Previously, Spain won the EuroBasket in 2009, 2011 and 2015..

Ukraine also participated in the tournament, leaving the group and in the 1/8 finals losing to the team of Poland.

2022 FIFA World Cup The first ever FIFA World Cup that lasted through the winter ended in Qatar with the victory of the Argentina national team.

At the start of the 2022 World Cup, the Argentines sensationally lost to Saudi Arabia (1:2), after which they defeated Mexico (2:0) and Poland (0:2).

This allowed the wards of Lionel Scaloni to reach the playoffs from the first place..

In the 1/8 finals, " In the quarterfinals, Leo Messi and company knocked out the Netherlands national team - the regular time of the match ended with a score of 2: 2, and the Argentines triumphed in the penalty shootout. In the semi-final "

In the decisive match, the Argentines defeated the then reigning champions - the French team (3:3 in regular and extra time, 4:2 in the penalty shootout).